Question 1

What is the most plausible explanation for the advent of the Agricultural Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Climate change drove people to

Question 2

Cave art is generally understood to represent

Accepted Answer

A) religious or mythological stories. 
B) population counts. 
C) an inventory of hunting and gathering. 
D) early graffiti. 
E) a wide range of possible explanations. 
A) religious or mythological stories. 
B) population counts. 
C) an inventory of hunting and gathering. 
D) early graffiti. 
E) a wide range of possible explanations.

Question 3

Who presented his theory of human evolution in the book The Descent of Man ?

Accepted Answer

A) Eugene Dubois 
B) Charles Darwin 
C) Raymond Dart 
D) Richard Leakey 
E) W.C. Pei 
A) Eugene Dubois 
B) Charles Darwin 
C) Raymond Dart 
D) Richard Leakey 
E) W.C. Pei

Question 4

A significant difference between Jericho and Çatal Hüyük was that

Accepted Answer

A) Jericho had no walls around the city. 
B) Çatal Hüyük had no doors on its buildings. 
C) Jericho was made of mud, while Çatal Hüyük was made of bricks. 
D) Çatal Hüyük was much smaller. 
E) There is no evidence of trade in Çatal Hüyük. 
A) Jericho had no walls around the city. 
B) Çatal Hüyük had no doors on its buildings. 
C) Jericho was made of mud, while Çatal Hüyük was made of bricks. 
D) Çatal Hüyük was much smaller. 
E) There is no evidence of trade in Çatal Hüyük.

Question 5

Women played a major role in the transition to crop cultivation because

Accepted Answer

A) they were unsuited for heavier work. 
B) they were the primary gatherers of wild plant foods. 
C) only women lived very long in farming settlements. 
D) since women did the cooking, it was natural for them to grow the plants. 
E) it's easy to do agriculture and raise children at the same time. 
A) they were unsuited for heavier work. 
B) they were the primary gatherers of wild plant foods. 
C) only women lived very long in farming settlements. 
D) since women did the cooking, it was natural for them to grow the plants. 
E) it's easy to do agriculture and raise children at the same time.

Question 6

Which species was the first to be classified in the same genus ( Homo )with modern humans?

Accepted Answer

A) homo habilis 
B) homo erectus 
C) homo Neanderthal 
D) homo sapiens 
E) homo genous 
A) homo habilis 
B) homo erectus 
C) homo Neanderthal 
D) homo sapiens 
E) homo genous

Question 7

Structures and complexes of very large stones constructed for ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times were called

Accepted Answer

A) lithograms. 
B) monoliths. 
C) megaliths. 
D) pegaliths. 
E) permastructures. 
A) lithograms. 
B) monoliths. 
C) megaliths. 
D) pegaliths. 
E) permastructures.

Question 8

The Indo-European languages include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) Romance languages (based on Latin). 
B) Germanic languages. 
C) Celtic languages. 
D) Slavic languages. 
E) Sino-Tibetan languages. 
A) Romance languages (based on Latin). 
B) Germanic languages. 
C) Celtic languages. 
D) Slavic languages. 
E) Sino-Tibetan languages.

Question 9

Matrilineal societies were

Accepted Answer

A) ruled by women. 
B) defined by maternal heritage. 
C) ruled by men. 
D) defined by paternal heritage. 
E) defined by a nuclear family. 
A) ruled by women. 
B) defined by maternal heritage. 
C) ruled by men. 
D) defined by paternal heritage. 
E) defined by a nuclear family.

Question 10

What three unique traits do humans possess that apes do not?

Accepted Answer

Humans have bipedali

Question 11

The Agricultural Revolutions were likely spurred by

Accepted Answer

A) the promise of a secure food supply. 
B) the desire for ready access to beer. 
C) climate change. 
D) wars among humans. 
E) pandemics. 
A) the promise of a secure food supply. 
B) the desire for ready access to beer. 
C) climate change. 
D) wars among humans. 
E) pandemics.

Question 12

The Neolithic era is associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) making tools out of materials including metal 
B) making large rock formations like Stonehenge for religious purposes 
C) an architectural hallmark when people lived in buildings instead of caves 
D) the rise of agriculture 
E) the start of a bilateral trade system 
A) making tools out of materials including metal 
B) making large rock formations like Stonehenge for religious purposes 
C) an architectural hallmark when people lived in buildings instead of caves 
D) the rise of agriculture 
E) the start of a bilateral trade system

Question 13

The biological family that includes humans and humanlike primates is

Accepted Answer

A) humanid. 
B) hominid. 
C) Homo habilis . 
D) Homo erectus . 
E) Homo sapiens . 
A) humanid. 
B) hominid. 
C) Homo habilis . 
D) Homo erectus . 
E) Homo sapiens .

Question 14

For what activities were Ice Age women chiefly responsible?

Accepted Answer

Ice Age women were c

Question 15

Scholars believe the earliest domesticated animals were

Accepted Answer

A) goats. 
B) sheep. 
C) cats. 
D) cattle. 
E) dogs. 
A) goats. 
B) sheep. 
C) cats. 
D) cattle. 
E) dogs.

Question 16

Like the australopithecines, early humans depended heavily on

Accepted Answer

A) scavenging from kills made by animals. 
B) nutritious animal flesh. 
C) salt water fishing. 
D) settled agriculture. 
E) vegetable foods. 
A) scavenging from kills made by animals. 
B) nutritious animal flesh. 
C) salt water fishing. 
D) settled agriculture. 
E) vegetable foods.

Question 17

Describe the first domestication of animals.

Accepted Answer

Dogs were likely the first domesticated

Question 18

During a particularly wet period after 8000 BCE, people in the eastern Sahara began to cultivate

Accepted Answer

A) rice. 
B) sorghum. 
C) lentils. 
D) maize. 
E) quinoa. 
A) rice. 
B) sorghum. 
C) lentils. 
D) maize. 
E) quinoa.

Question 19

Roughly how much were ocean levels lowered during the Pleistocene?

Accepted Answer

A) 100 feet 
B) 250 feet 
C) 450 feet 
D) 1000 feet 
E) 5000 feet 
A) 100 feet 
B) 250 feet 
C) 450 feet 
D) 1000 feet 
E) 5000 feet

Question 20

Pastoralists

Accepted Answer

A) were happier because their lives were less stressful. 
B) were mobile populations without many material goods. 
C) used herds for transportation. 
D) were entirely carnivorous. 
E) viewed animals as sacred totems. 
A) were happier because their lives were less stressful. 
B) were mobile populations without many material goods. 
C) used herds for transportation. 
D) were entirely carnivorous. 
E) viewed animals as sacred totems.

Exam 1: Nature, Humanity, and History

What is the most plausible explanation for the advent of the Agricultural Revolution?

Cave art is generally understood to represent

Who presented his theory of human evolution in the book The Descent of Man ?

A significant difference between Jericho and Çatal Hüyük was that

Women played a major role in the transition to crop cultivation because

Which species was the first to be classified in the same genus ( Homo )with modern humans?

Structures and complexes of very large stones constructed for ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times were called

The Indo-European languages include all of the following except

Matrilineal societies were

What three unique traits do humans possess that apes do not?

The Agricultural Revolutions were likely spurred by

The Neolithic era is associated with which of the following?

The biological family that includes humans and humanlike primates is

For what activities were Ice Age women chiefly responsible?

Scholars believe the earliest domesticated animals were

Like the australopithecines, early humans depended heavily on

Describe the first domestication of animals.

During a particularly wet period after 8000 BCE, people in the eastern Sahara began to cultivate

Roughly how much were ocean levels lowered during the Pleistocene?

Pastoralists

The First River-Valley Civilizations

The Mediterranean and Middle East

New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area

Greece and Iran

An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China

India and Southeast Asia

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas

Networks of Communication and Exchange

The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

Inner and East Asia

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath

Latin Europe

Southern Empires, Southern Seas

The Maritime Revolution

Transformations in Europe

The Diversity of American Colonial Societies

The Atlantic System and Africa

Between Europe and China

East Asia in Global Perspective

The Early Industrial Revolution

Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism

Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas

Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

The New Power Balance

The Crisis of the Imperial Order

The Collapse of the Old Order

Revolutions in Living

The Cold War and Decolonization

The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration

New Challenges in a New Millennium

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